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Oct. 13,1931. T. c. RIEBE 1,827,262

REELING DEVICE Original Filed Aug. 19, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v [nueniurT E. Hisba Oct. 13, 1931. T. c. RIEBE 1,827,262

REELING DEVICE Original Filed Aug. 19, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 whim-72w- IC. Rial:

, Patented Oct. 13,1

' THEODGBE c; menses eiiicAGo; I LLIEI oIS; As-si s a" ro' Aio1vIuiie1ELEcTitio me;

I origineli app lica'tion filed. August-1 or .CHICAGOQILIQIITGIfi A cotronlsmonf ot lnnm w m My; invention relates; in Jgenemito reelingdevices, andmore particularly to those; jde-fi vices which are usedwithlrecording devices for reeling the reccrding vtape' upon which iecords are made. v

The princip aL, obj ectiof the prevision of asreeling device iwhichicompem sates for" theincreasing'sizeofthe rol'lzof tit-P6 woundonto the storageispoollwhenunwind; ingan'equal amount ofi'tape ifiointhe isupply a spool reach tiine a record is printed upon, the

tape. This insures that; the records will, be

evenly spaced upon the ta'peand that no recrlescribedlin my icopendingnapplication;

' i tion'ed-ywill' he apparent'z'from the detailed description andclaimswhichare to'r'followf 1 invention, reference:niayilbeshad :tothez de f I.-.Mr.n;Hershey'hasqproyidedlmeansiw v ,my invention may be 'ujsled1 to.,superv se the 'tute that-part of my,inventionincluded in x the parentapplication. J

' 1 ingand reeling inechanismetheprovisionof wh ch. constitutes the.p11'ncipa1,;.ob ect oi .--my 1 Serial No. 214,068, filed August 19,1927, of which this. application is a divisionj Q i Thei'principalzobjee't, '-as well as features ancljotherl(objects not :r.particularlygmeh;

'For a IIlOiQ "complete understanding ofg-my tailed description an toTithe accompanying drmvings in which: {.,;r v,j 5 Fig; 1 is"ajperspective iviewof; thBIfilmB recording clockwithienough; of the;casing cut awayfto show those featu'reswhich 'consti- Fist. 2 is aperspectivefview; ofijthereco'rda invention. That a mechanism; in! this;pantie ulai" case. has; been design ed :flfor' use-with the clock-shown'inj'Fi'g; 1. Z-

.Figsfiis ai-ea ayiewzof the 'ecoidi'ng and reeling mechanlsmij. A4portion ofth'e :rea rl mounting, platevhas iheenrcutvaeyJm QI-der that:the: constructionof =t1e mechanism I V The clock in Fig; l trn-aybe'a'ny suitable one i. which, is arranged for recording thetim'e and Imightmorereadilyfibeseen;;

i In these figui esylike dparts are deiiotedvbj likereferencecharacters" 1 ii date. I In this particular'icaseQl:hai eused astandard .recoirdingicloick manufatui'eduby ollett 'i- Rejcordin v JTo-th is clockgl have alsoadd'edfthe n ,hi sm sh wn, n". Fig 1 an twhcll, consis s pefmanent r cordyform, '1 Before proceeding w th {31 suchas cireuitbreakelfs or the like In pro- .tolthe operation ofany; one ofthe swi -ito the rieco 'defso that" a necord maysb' made I of, theoperationigz; The recorder is arranged Y l-to oneratev-in synchronismwith the selecting V =g-Refriing nowftozFiglimmie ilidetfl -wi'll be,seenrthatl the; ciomplete clock casing consisting of, aw base gl;- and:SldB/ I a "irejgular sprin'gi driven {clock mechani 214,668.ZfDiVidedandthis'apislicatipufiled'Meylm; I r

adapted to operate indicating wheel'swhich}? Whempl'aced v incorfectfstamping ppsiti gi;

" will indicate the 1 i a d, F date. tl;1is .etmdard ecording, clock Ihave added,- new' 1 a features,-onjeleinents to; work isimulta-neeuslylogk Wi sthe c nism, bft h s a1 1w to'give certain other-indications; g1

of: electrically; operated -ineans foxy-stamping d neco d ngthe i i o 9ithe'closki n detai ed sripi tion-andoperationofthetime feco dingclock'with the ad (led features 1' cirelements, it might be" well to statethat the complete i ecording mechanism assembly, may; be'put to iinn'unejrable uses, especially ing-supe wisory systems 1 I n sev to Ewhichfthepro ductef myinve ere ope11ation s. of aphiralityof switching devicesiding these in'ean'sshe has -T employeda s'ele H mg mechanism {wh choper devices: to] select that-device and; cqnnect mechanism as isexplained inMr. Hersheys i applicationand whichEwill-b'e' explainedherea in a) little lfurther .on in the description land in-remotecontrolsystems- Qn ypical v 'nm I be put is that shown and described inthe: I

' plica'tioriof Harry Hershey- M sa resp ns I a I the clock.mechanismMT, which "Ehas;v besides the regular; spring emovement Ti-lidicating cating plate 9, both of which are rotatably mounted on the shaft10. Firmly attached to the disc 8 and concentric with it, is a ratchetwheel 11 which is for the purpose of rotating disc 8. The periphery ofdisc 8 is marked with numerals'1-25, inclusive, and the ratchet wheel 11has 25 teeth. I have also added the relay 12 whose armature 13 has along projecting arm with a pawl 14 hinged at 15, the hinging portionconsisting of two projecting ears on the end of the pawl 14:. A coilspring about the hinge-pin 15 is adapted to hold the pawl 14in'engagement with the teeth of ratchet wheel 11. The

stroke of armature'lil is so adjusted that with each deenergization ofrelay 12, the disc 8 is rotated one step in a clockwise direction aboutthe shaft 10; The relay 12 is mounted on the middle supporting plate 16.Indicating plate 9 is of the general shape shown in Fig. l and it has aprojecting arm 17 formed integral with it and on the direct oppositeside of the shaft 10. In the plate 9 is a slot 18, the sides of whichare arcs of circles concentric with the center-0f rotation of plate 9. Apin 19 is mounted in the front supporting plate 16and is so located asto fit in the slot 18. This pin'1 9 acts as both a forward and backwardstop to' the movement of plate 9. To operate theplate 9, Ih'ave addedthe relay 20 with its armature 21 pivoted at 22. A

. connecting rod 23- joins the projecting arm 17 to the armature 21 atpivot points 24 and 25. A tension spring 26 keeps the armature 21 in itsinoperative position, that shown in the drawing, when'relay 20 isdeenergized. When relay '20 is energized, it attracts its armature 21.The motion of armature 21 is transmitted to arm 17 and plate 9 throughthe connecting rod 23,'thus rotating 9 and 17 in a counter-clockwisedirection about shaftlO. i I

On the periphery of plate 9,there is raised marking which is so locatedthat it is in alignment with the indications on indicating discs 3 4,5,6, 7, and 8 in the stamping position when the armature 21 is in itsoperated position. As I said previously, the recorder is operated in'synchronism with the selecting mech anism of hi1. Hersheys invention..This is accomplished by operating relay 12 simultaneously with themotor magnet of the se- :leoting mechanism 'whichilrnay be a wellknownforward-hunting, rotary type switch.

the stamping position when the wipers have been stepped to the secondsets of bank contacts, and so on, according to the number or sets ofbank contacts to which the wipers ha v'e access. The switching devicesare connected to the bank contacts of the selecting mechanism in anorderly fashion so the device #1 is connected to the first set ofcontacts, device #2 to the second set of contacts, and so on. Thus thenumeral on the indicating disc will denote the number of the deviceselected by the selecting mechanism.

*Relay 20 is so connected that when the switching device is in. oneposition it will energize and when the device is in anothrr position itwill not energize. Thus the pres once or absence of the mark X willdenote the position of the switching device. Thus a complete record fromthe recorder will indicate the time and date of the operation of theswitching device, the number of the device operating, and-the positionto which it has moved.

The stamping and recording mechanism shownin Figs. 2 and '3 ismountcd'on the top plate 27 which acts as the cover of the clock casing.on the underside of this-top plate are mounted2 rollers 28 and 29between which isstretched an inked tape. plate is in position'this inkedtape will be stretched across the tops of'the indicating discs.

In. the center of the plate 27 is mounted a bracket 30 which is adaptedto support the solenoid coil mounting frame 31 and solenoid coil 57.Through the hollowcore of solenoid coil 31 extends the octagonal plungerAn octagonal plunger is used'so that the rubbing surface will be reducedto a minimum. On the lowerend of the plunger is fastened a stampingblockwhich is not visiblev in the drawing. This stamping block is rectangularin shape and is long enough to cover all When the to I of the indicatingdiscs and plates. There is a rectangular hole in the top plate 27through which the stamping block passes when the plunger is operated.Around the ext iding portion of plunger 82 is a spiral spring 33fwhichis held in place between top of coil 31. and the large, fiat-headed sc3i screwed into the top end' of plunger Close and parallel to the rearedge of top plate 27, there is mounted. a vertical mounting plate 35- Onthis plate 35 are mounted two "large spools 36 and 37 by means of largebolts not visible in the drawing. 7 The spools carry the paper uponwhich is stamped,-.the indicajtions'of theclock mechanism, The paperunrolls from sp'ool 36, passes under guide bars, not visible over thehole in top plate- 27 and under stamping block on end of plunger 32, andis wound onto spool. 37.

To operatethe spools, I have attached to the rear side of spool 37, aratchet wheel 38' and provided the H-shapedmember 39 which is centrallypivotedon pivotpin 40 which is fastened in mounting plate 35. {Theguidepins 41 and 42 arefastened near the ends-f the opposite sides of themember 39. Pin f 41 rides on the head of screw34. The pur pose of pin42will bedescribedhereinafter,

'tate.

About the pivot pin-40 is wound ajspring 43' so that when plunger 32' isdown, member 39' -willbe rotated in a counter-clockwise direc-. I w tionas far as the plunger will allowit to 1'0- Thus when the plungerreturns-jup I ward under the pressure of spring'33', '39 will be rotatedin theopposite direction against the tension of, spring 43; .Pivoted onthe axle of spool 37 is pawl bearing member 44 which has the-two radialarms 45 and 46 located directly opposite each other, and the radial arm47 located at an angle of 90 degrees to arms, a 45 and 46, but lying inthe same plane. Pawl 48 is centrally pivoted, with respect to itselfandarm 45, at 50. Oneend'of pawl ,48is bent towards the center ofrotation of the pawl bearing member 44 so as to engage the teethofratchet wheel 38. v The pawl isheld in engagement by spring 52. Pawl 49is similarto pawl 48,, being pivoted at 51 and being held intoengagement with teeth of ratchet wheel 38"by spring 56." Pawls48 and 49are soarranged that when one .iS in on gagement, theother will be just.halfewav between two teeth of the ratchet Wheel. These pawls alternatein engaging the'teethg- Thus almore uniform amountyof rotationi'of thespool 37 may be secured. The connecting rod '53, pivotally fastened to39 at 5401i the oppositefiside of the pivot pin frame-he,

pins 41 and- 42, and-toarm 47, at 55, 'trans lates the motion of39xtopawl-bearing mem her 44 and thus to arms and 46. 1 Thus it will beseenthat when plunger 32 is, pulled I I down, 39 will rotate' inacounterclockwise direction, looking at Fig. '2, imparting a rotarymovement to 44 in a olockwisejdirection 1 and when plunger 32 returns tonormal it presses against pin 41 and rotates 39in a clockwlse direct on.

'- willimpart' an opposite' motion to 44. 45,-and

46, which through'the action of either one of the pawls 48 or 49, willrotatespool 37 in a counter-clockwise direction. This rotation ofspoo'l37 will wind paperupon the spool and unroll it from' spool, 36.Holding springs 58 and 59 are fastened to the mounting 'plat'e 35 andengage the teeth of ratchet mounted in theendofjbracketBO. Th e- P1111is'lojcated so as to lie in, these-mevers- 39 turning in this directionthe-paper w i'ehg'wo'ula passEthefstamping on top It .a 'nreadiiyineeiid e'rstoea that; far en 1 complete Stroke efplung 32Jl1e1ength7dfsame le'n th' er-pa er rwill passjthe tamping y in'gjs'on the rolhwi llvenlyfspacedr 5 V QThis means;-=-or paper' fcontrolllng mecha-. I nisin,consistspf a rocker 'arrirfarrangement' iblock a itei 'each stamping solthat all sta mpf 1 to 'control the inovementi ofan adjustable stop-forthe inember' 39l The {rockerconsi'st'sj of the tworoclzer.ar1ns'i6Owhich are ro tatably..- mounted' on o p'po'site sides -gpf 'the;bracket 3 0 f-b'y"-' pivot pjinsf 61j. lfheoppo ite; endsQoif the rockerarms 60 3 areconnected to? gether by a rod 62 on whichisa roll'r '63l. v

The rocker-arms are so spacedas to fit in be-v tweenfthe two sidesof thespears and' they] are so'plaeediaindfsha'ped as to allow the roller 63tofroll upon the roll of p per-an werer.

tical plane-inf which" the pins 41-.a'nd' '42 lie";

Theside'- of the triangular shaped f member, oppo'site'ithe apex, isanfe'c'centric, the' pufr- A tensionfspring,inotsh'own,'holdsthe roller7 v '1 w against the surface of thepaperfonspool pos'e ofwhich willbe'i'expla'ined a little lat'enQ Triangular shaped member 6 4 isconneoted'to, rocker arms 601by=means o -jrodv L 66 at pivot'poiiits'657521K168: r i

Theexpl'anatio'nfto follow.wrllgbedirected I Y -,entire1y:to Fig.3sof-that direction; of Tota As pr'eviously state uporrfthero11"of*pa;per onspool 37. l Ttican I be readily understood "t'hat-astlije size of the f re-ll of paper 'nspeel 37 1mm ses', the-rocker; p

arms 60 willlb'e rotated-in aclockwisejdirec I tioirabout-Qpivot' pins;{612 This rotation of a. T arms 60 will impart a clockwise direction of"Hon Willhotbe; mistaken for these in the pe f I; 1

rol l'e 'r v rotation ito Ftriangular shapedmember 64? i about pi vet-.65,- "which motion is translated; s 1 by'connecting' rod 66 The POSTtlOII OfifGJ: v I V 4 ather-011i strep-er Qn'sPDQISTis sn'iall thedottedglietriangle;'- p i ch th'iis mechanismc'on- 1 1 f I is representedfby' ITh'e manner in trols the amount ofpaper to.v be wound onspool 37, or tobe drawn 'pastfthe stamping v block, will now be explained. p o o :Thepin 42, mounted on member 39, stops against the eccentric side of thetriangular shaped member 64 when the plunger 32 has moved downward. Thusit can be seen that the arnount of rotation of 39 is controlled member:64, the amont ofrotation decreasing as 64 is rotatedin a clockwisedirection. The eccentric side of 64 is so shaped that in controlling theamount of rotation of member 39, it allows only the same amount ofpaper. to bewound upon spool 37 upon each operation of the stampingmechanism since, as pre-' vious explained, therotation of member 39 isimparted to spool 37 by means of the pawls and connecting members. Whenthe eccen- 15 trio is nearest to 39, the allowable rotation of539 is, ata minimum, but that rotation is sufficient to allow pawls 48 and49 to beadvanced a step,or onefull tooth. As there are modifications and adapta-2 tionswhich can be made by one skilled in the art withoutdeparting fromthe scope of the inventiomit is not my intention to limit my inventionto the'present disclosure.

,Ha-vingthus described myinvention, what lcons'ider new and desire tohave protected by Letters Patent will'be pointed out in the appendedclaims. I v V 1., In a tape reelingdevice, a quantity of tape, a reel,aratchet and pawl device for rotating said reel to wind a length of saidtape thereon, means for periodically operating said ratchetand pawldevice to periodically rotate said .reel, a movable eccentric-segmentforflvarying the operation of said ratchet and pawl deviceto vary theamount of rotation ofsaidreel, and means for moving said segment inaccordance with the amount of tape on saidreel to vary-the operation ofsaid ratchet and pawl device and the amount of rotation of said reel sothat each periodic rotation thereof shallv wind an equal length of tapethereon. '7

2.1111 atape reeling device, a quantity of tape, a reel, a ratchet andpawl device having *5 a normal position," a rocker arm for, said.

ra tchet and pawl device, power means for rocking said arm to operatesaid ratchet and pawl device from its normal position to rotatesaid reelfor winding a length of said ta pe'thereon, a movable eccentric segment,

and means for moving said segmentin accordance with the amount of tapeon said reel toaccordingly vary the extent of rocking of said arm' andthe consequent operation 7 of said ratchet and pawl device from itsnormalpos1t1on'in order that each rotation of said. reel shall wind anequal length of tape thereon.

i In witnesswhereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 28th day of May,A. D. 1928.

as THEODORE G. RIEBE.

